Word
2000 - How can I keep Word from opening separately for every
document?

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Short answer: You can't, this is a
new "feature" of Word 2K and is deliberate and can't be
changed. It is important to note, though that each new document
does not start a new instance of Word. For the official Microsoft
take on this see:

In Office 2000 Excel & Powerpoint use
the 'traditional' MDI (Multiple Documents per Program Window)
interface and emulate an Word 2000's new SDI (Single Document
per Window) interface via the '[x] Windows in Taskbar'
setting in Tools=>Options=>View.

For Word 2000 to get an MDI emulation toggle
you can use this free 3rd party 'Windows in Taskbar.dot'
template that takes about 1 minute to install.

This gives you a page from which you can
download the macros needed to make the MDI optional in Word
2000, it also leads you to the article explaining those macros.
You don't need to read the article to use the macros, but it
makes fascinating reading.

This has been moved because the OfficeVBA Magazine
site has become subscription only. It is now stored on the CompuServe
forums.

According to what I've read, this interface is optional
for Word in
the XP (2002) version of Office.